Organisations

The Laboratory for Education and Society (LES) conducts research on three issues in our contemporary society. They examine how modern technologies shape our reality (virtuality and digitization), which paradoxes evoke increasing pluralism (cohesion and pluralisation), and what it means that our society is characterized by competence development (competition and professionalisation).

The research group Language, Education & Society is a dynamic group dedicated to the study of language learning in all its facets. The research carried out within our research group aims to unravel the interaction between (1) the learner, (2) the learner’s social and educational situation and (3) language or content via language.

The research group has four main research areas:

1. assessment
2. task-based language ...

Dynamics in Innovation, Research and Higher Education

The EU-China Higher Education Research Center (ECHE) is established as a research group and platform in Vrije Universiteit Brussel to facilitate research and collaboration on higher education issues in EU and China. The mission of ECHE is to conduct research in the area of higher education; to facilitate research collaborations between European and Chinese higher education institutions; and to promote mutual understanding about the ...

RESEARCH ON PROBLEM BEHAVIOR: - Research on the relationship between parenting and the development of antisocial behavior in young children. - Development of instruments to measure coercive parent-child interactions. - Research on different forms of aggressive behavior in children. - Research on developmental trajectories of disruptive behavior in children. RESEARCH ON THE PREVENTION OF CHILD MALTREATMENT: - Development of instruments to ...

Labour market research carried out by HIVA looks at both the demand for and supply of labour, as well as the match between supply and demand and the policy implemented in this regard. The first theme covers the dynamics of the labour market in Belgium in terms of businesses, jobs and employees. The second theme deals with activation, re-employment and the support of careers and competencies. Related themes such as job migration and the ...

1. Education research at university level with attention for:
   • the development of high quality curricula
   • the understanding of the learning process of students and the mutual influence of educational and learning contexts (included the problem of the passage high school-university)
   • the development of high quality evaluation tools for both student and teacher performances
2. Projects in collaboration ...